May Your Days be Merry and Bright!

Happy Friday, my sparkly friends! I hope you've had a lovely week! :o)

I'm super excited because I had a little time to make a card just for fun! With a slew of challenges in mind, my heart gravitated to Christmas. :o)

A closer peek at the sentiment, snowy flowers, and jingly bells:

Isn't she precious? She is Lili of the Valley's Christmas Star and I love her to pieces. She is colored up with my favorite red and green Copics (R35-37-39 and YG61-63-67). The trim on her sweet jacket is Polar White Flower Soft, which I also scattered along the ground and Wild Orchid Crafts roses. I am smitten with this stuff. I dotted the sky with three sizes of pearls and sparklified the stars with Star Dust. I planned on using my new Pearl Pen which was finally in stock, but sadly I am not a natural with it. ;) I need a wee bit of practice first. The tree is accented with garnet rhinestones, which are a bit washed out in the pictures.

The festive papers are from Best Creation's Merry Christmas pack, which I adore. The fluttering ornaments are sparkly, which of course makes me swoon. I trimmed the middle layer mat with my Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch. The image and sentiment stamp bases are Spellbinders Classic Circles atop Lacey Circles. The red crinkle ribbon is from My Craft Spot, to which I attached red and green jingle bells. I jingled all the way!

I couldn't resist using some beloved Wild Orchid Crafts goodies to go along with their flowers. The cream Guipure lace is one of my favorites. A scallop flat-back pearl flutters in the corner and a few pearl sprays were added to the larger flower arrangement, hopefully reminiscent of snowflakes.

One of my favorite parts of this little card was inspired by the sentiment, which is from Lili of the Valley's Christmas Circular Sentiments set. To bring the bright greeting to the card, I lightly sponged Mustard Seed distress ink along the embossed trim of the image and the sentiment to exude a heavenly glow. Beautiful divine warmth in the middle of a snowy winter wonderland. :o) I had such fun making this card and I hope the recipient loves it. :o)

Challenges entered:
 * Crafty Catz~ Lace and Ribbon
 * The Crafty Pad~ Inspired by a Song (White Christmas)
 * Docerela Creations~ Border Using Punch or Cricut
 * Fab 'n' Funky~ Starts with an F (Flowers, Flower Soft)
 * Fashionista~ Anything Goes Christmas
 * Jingle Belles~ Dashing Through the Snow
 * Make It Monday~ Anything Goes
 * Moving Along with the Times~ Seeing RED
 * PaperPlay~ Flowers and Lace
 * Simon Says Stamp~ Anything Goes
 * Sparkles Christmas Challenge~ Sparkles and Bling
 * Stampin' for the Weekend~ Feeling Floral

Thank you for twirling on by! I hope your weekend is filled with blessings and pumpkin treats. :o)